Cloudflare has begun blocking AI crawlers by default for its customers as part of its efforts to combat unauthorized scraping activities that burden web servers. Millions of customer websites can now rely on Cloudflare's tools, which previously protected over a million sites. The new Pay Per Crawl program allows customers to monetize access to their content, particularly benefiting news organizations. Cloudflare employs advanced techniques to distinguish AI bots from legitimate traffic, addressing the concerns raised by publishers about the appropriateness of AI scraping.
Cloudflare has implemented default blocks against AI crawlers for its customers, addressing the surge of AI-focused web scraping that strains servers and disrupts websites.
The company's new Pay Per Crawl program enables customers to charge AI companies for scraping their content, reflecting the growing demand for compensation from news outlets.
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